Tuning Your Nervous System
Have you ever watched a good guitarist tuning his guitar? He picks up his instrument and starts to play. Then he cocks his ear because he hears a sour note that no one else heard. The next thing you know he stops playing and hunches over, listening intently to one string as he gently and gradually adjusts the tuning peg. Then he carries on as if nothing happened.
So what is he doing while he is winding or unwinding that small peg on the end of the guitar string? The amount of tension in the guitar string determines the note and hence the tune that plays when he plucks the string.
The goal of the skilled musician is to tune the guitar so it can make a more beautiful sound.
Now try to imagine a funny looking guitar: this one has pegs at both ends of the string, so that you could change the tension in the string from either end of the guitar. There is also an extra peg right at the tip of the neck of the guitar which can also change the tension of all the strings.
What we have just described is an analogy for the relationship between your spinal column and your spinal cord. The "pegs" on this special guitar represent small ligaments which actually hang the spinal cord within the spinal canal. These ligaments are few in number (about half a dozen at each end of the spine), and only attach specific sections of the spinal cord to corresponding vertebrae.
When a specific command travels down the spinal cord from the brain to the body, or when sensory information is transmitted back up the spinal cord to the brain, there is a flash of electricity that carries the messages. Quick body responses and sensory perceptions result.
At the same time, there is also a low-grade wave of radio frequency traveling up and down your spinal cord that determines the "mood" or "tone" of your central nervous system. This affects your level of consciousness and awareness, your mood, and the slower metabolic and hormonal functions of your body.
Scientifically speaking, your spinal cord is a thick string of piezo-electric gel (electricity-conducting jelly). Its working frequency is determined by the amount of tension and/or torsion being placed at either end of the "string." Just like the guitar string, the tightness of the spinal cord determines the kind of music that your body can make – off-key and uncomfortable, or lovely and harmonious.
Tonal chiropractic focuses attention on the “tuning pegs” of your body, those vital connection points between the spinal cord and spinal column. As we gently and methodically adjust these areas of your “guitar string” (spinal cord), we change the degree of tension in the central nervous system in an effort to change the resulting notes. Our adjustments aim to remove any blockages to the fast acting messages that travel up and down your spinal cord, and at the same time rebalance the overall frequency at which your entire nervous system is operating.
When many people get up after an adjustment, they comment on how their vision seems clearer, the light or view seems sharper, their head feels lighter, their body feels looser, etc. These are all reflections that your central nervous system is now operating at a better frequency.
The goal of the skilled tonal Chiropractor is to tune your spinal cord to a better level of tension, allowing the instrument of your body to make more beautiful and enjoyable “music” – ease of movement and a sense of well-being.
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So what is he doing while he is winding or unwinding that small peg on the end of the guitar string? The amount of tension in the guitar string determines the note and hence the tune that plays when he plucks the string.
The goal of the skilled musician is to tune the guitar so it can make a more beautiful sound.
Now try to imagine a funny looking guitar: this one has pegs at both ends of the string, so that you could change the tension in the string from either end of the guitar. There is also an extra peg right at the tip of the neck of the guitar which can also change the tension of all the strings.
What we have just described is an analogy for the relationship between your spinal column and your spinal cord. The "pegs" on this special guitar represent small ligaments which actually hang the spinal cord within the spinal canal. These ligaments are few in number (about half a dozen at each end of the spine), and only attach specific sections of the spinal cord to corresponding vertebrae.
When a specific command travels down the spinal cord from the brain to the body, or when sensory information is transmitted back up the spinal cord to the brain, there is a flash of electricity that carries the messages. Quick body responses and sensory perceptions result.
At the same time, there is also a low-grade wave of radio frequency traveling up and down your spinal cord that determines the "mood" or "tone" of your central nervous system. This affects your level of consciousness and awareness, your mood, and the slower metabolic and hormonal functions of your body.
Scientifically speaking, your spinal cord is a thick string of piezo-electric gel (electricity-conducting jelly). Its working frequency is determined by the amount of tension and/or torsion being placed at either end of the "string." Just like the guitar string, the tightness of the spinal cord determines the kind of music that your body can make – off-key and uncomfortable, or lovely and harmonious.
Tonal chiropractic focuses attention on the “tuning pegs” of your body, those vital connection points between the spinal cord and spinal column. As we gently and methodically adjust these areas of your “guitar string” (spinal cord), we change the degree of tension in the central nervous system in an effort to change the resulting notes. Our adjustments aim to remove any blockages to the fast acting messages that travel up and down your spinal cord, and at the same time rebalance the overall frequency at which your entire nervous system is operating.
When many people get up after an adjustment, they comment on how their vision seems clearer, the light or view seems sharper, their head feels lighter, their body feels looser, etc. These are all reflections that your central nervous system is now operating at a better frequency.
The goal of the skilled tonal Chiropractor is to tune your spinal cord to a better level of tension, allowing the instrument of your body to make more beautiful and enjoyable “music” – ease of movement and a sense of well-being.
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